Forest Hill Manor
25 Bolduc Ave, Fort Kent ME 04743 · (207) 834-3915 · 99.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Forest Hill Manor is located in Fort Kent, Maine, a city with a population of 4,676 people. Sporting an overall score of A+, this nursing home is undoubtedly a phenomenal facility. We also wanted to point out that this place is based in a hospital. Typically, this means that more intensive healthcare services are available. Scroll down to see this facility's category grades, which are also quite good. It is hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 45 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ nursing grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+ category grades. Our nursing score is primarily associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This place provided 4.5 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which is among the better totals in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. We are really impressed by both of these statistics. On top of providing high levels of care, this place was also above average in several of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given a first-rate long-term care grade. This actually ended up being this nursing home's third best category grade. In that category, this facility received a grade of A. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for resident care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to looking at the elite volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff at this facility, we also were impressed by the facility's vaccination record. For example, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.42857 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final area, we gave this nursing home an A+ for its short-term care score. This wrapped up an elite profile. In calculating our short-term care grades, we scrutinize a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is more often than not a fair measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The final metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 37.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Forest Hill Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients who had falls resulting in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better